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Metro Area Membership Report
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+93 |
+22,762 |
133.5% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+5,649 |
20.5% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,262 |
32.3% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+10 |
+26,890 |
39.1% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+5,387 |
318.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+509 |
11.8% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+448 |
59.7% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,220 |
89.5% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+693 |
118.1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+3,034 |
30.5% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-1,073 |
-8.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,031 |
49.5% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+273 |
39.2% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,081 |
403.4% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+953 |
218.6% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+3,498 |
31.2% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+66 |
6.5% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+160 |
148.1% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-166 |
-3.6% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-1,398 |
-18.6% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,036 |
-25.8% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
0 |
-27 |
-6.1% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+38 |
105.6% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-6,450 |
-86.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+141 |
293.8% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-18.2% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+394 |
5.2% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-18,159 |
-17.1% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-37 |
-8.8% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+287 |
74.5% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-325 |
-25.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-132 |
-64.1% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+142 |
3.2% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,782 |
51.8% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-11 |
-3.2% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+10,147 |
69.1% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,121 |
-7.2% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-454 |
-55.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-4 |
-1.1% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-523 |
-55.1% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+169 |
19.4% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-172 |
-6.1% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-9,600 |
-70.6% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-757 |
-75.5% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-14,864 |
-12.3% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-1,698 |
-13.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-16,242 |
-10.9% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
-4,052 |
-10.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-17 |
+191,158 |
10.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-20 |
-20,885 |
-6.8% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-24 |
-21,084 |
-10.7% |
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Totals:
+104
| +158,892 |
+5.1% |
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The population of these 14 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 5,892,937; in 2000 it was 6,188,463. The total population changed 5.0%. The adherent totals for 1990 (3,357,493) represent 57.0% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (3,398,419) include 54.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 51 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 51 groups had 3,105,688 adherents in 1990 and 3,264,580 adherents in 2000, for a change of 5.1%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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